November 1868

Monday 02:

Time zone: New Zealand officially adopts a standard time to be observed nationally, and is perhaps the first country to do so.

Tuesday 03:

U.S. presidential election: Republican Ulysses S. Grant is elected to the first of his two terms in a victory over Democrat Horatio Seymour.

Friday 27:

United States Army Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer leads an attack on a band of peaceful Cheyenne living on reservation land.